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The Nation's Favourite Number 1 shortlist revealed

2012 marks 60 years of the UK’s Official Singles Chart, and, to celebrate ITV are launching a nationwide poll to discover The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single. See the shortlist in full at www.officialcharts.com.

2012 marks 60 years of the UK’s Official Singles Chart, and, to celebrate ITV are launching a nationwide poll to discover The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single.

A panel of music experts have pre-selected a shortlist of 60 singles, which you can view below. The panel includes The Police's drummer Stewart Copeland, singer-songwriter and former All Saint, Shaznay Lewis, British soul/R&B icon Beverley Knight, producer Pete Waterman, chart expert Paul Gambaccini, DJ/presenter Trevor Nelson, Observer pop critic Kitty Empire, Radio 1 and The Voice presenter Reggie Yates, and radio/TV presenter Mike Read.

The shortlist is as follows:

1950s Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley, 1958

1960s I Want To Hold Your Hand, The Beatles, 1963 The House Of The Rising Sun, The Animals, 1964 You Really Got Me, The Kinks, 1964 You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, The Righteous Brothers, 1965 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones, 1965 Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys, 1966 A Whiter Shade Of Pale, Procol Harum, 1967 Hey Jude, The Beatles, 1968 What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong, 1968 I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Marvin Gaye, 1969